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Aliases: Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. , Morgan J. Freeman , مورغان فريمان , 모건 프리먼 , モーガン・フリーマン , Морган Фриман , มอร์แกน ฟรีแมน , 摩根·弗里曼 , Μόργκαν Φρίμαν , مورگان فریمن , Μόργκαν Πόρτερφιλντ Φρίμαν Τζούνιορ , מורגן פרימן , 摩根·費里曼 , Морган Фрімен

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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Movie Involvements: 173

TV Involvements: 37


Most Famous Work

Biography

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice, Freeman is known for his various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. His breakout role was in Street Smart (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He achieved further stardom in Glory, the biographical drama Lean on Me, and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (all 1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1992, Freeman starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven; this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood. In 1994, he starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination. Freeman also starred in David Fincher's crime thriller Se7en (1995), and Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997). Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama Million Dollar Baby. In 2009, he received his fifth Oscar nomination for playing former South African President Nelson Mandela in Eastwood's Invictus. Freeman is also known for his performance as Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). In addition to acting, Freeman has directed the drama Bopha! (1993). He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. For his performances in theatrical productions, he has won three Obie Awards, one of the most prestigious honors for recognizing excellence in theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Morgan Freeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

American Experience
Average
8

American Experience

(1988) Narrator (voice)
CBS News Sunday Morning
Average
6
The Twilight Zone
Average
8

The Twilight Zone

(1985) Tony
The Kennedy Center Honors
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7
The Dark Knight
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9

The Dark Knight

(2008) Lucius Fox
Through the Wormhole
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8

Through the Wormhole

(2010) Self - Host
The Shawshank Redemption
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9

The Shawshank Redemption

(1994) Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
The Oscars
Average
7

The Oscars

(1953) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Thaddeus Bradley
2024 Dr. Cole
Kendrick Ryker
N/A
Azeem (archive footage)
2023 Self - Narrator (voice)
Anton Burrell
Self
Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
Self - Narrator (voice)
Self
Daniel
Dr. Mackles
2022 Self - Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage)
Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Self
Gerick
Self
2021 Self - Host
Self
Self
Self
Senior
Stuart
Damon
Morgan Freeman
Self
2020 Reggie Fontaine
Narrator (voice)
Self
Narrator (voice)
Self
2019 Alan Trumbull
Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
Morgan Freeman (voice)
Doc
Self
2018 Drosselmeyer
Narrator (voice)
Self
2017 Duke
Self
Self - Host
Reader - Declaration of Independence
Willie Davis
Narrator (english voice)
2016 Sheik Ilderim
Narrator (voice)
Thaddeus Bradley
Self - Host
Alan Trumbull
2015 Senator
Self
Narrator (voice)
Patrick Meighan
Bartok
2014 Dr. Cameron McCarthy
Professor Samuel Norman
Alex Carver
Maxwell Omni
Joseph Tagger
Narrator (voice)
Self
N/A
Vitruvius (voice)
Narrator (voice)
2013 Narrator (voice)
Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
Self (archive footage)
Thaddeus Bradley
Self
Beech
Alan Trumbull
Self
Narrator (voice)
2012 Self
Narrator (voice)
Lucius Fox
Monte Wildhorn
Narratore
Self
Lucius Fox (archive footage)
Self
2011 Dr. McCarthy
Narrator (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Self
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
2010 Narrator (voice)
Joe Matheson
Self - Host
Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage)
Narrator (voice)
Self (voice)
2009 Self
Nelson Mandela
N/A
Self
Self
Charles Peterson
Narrator (voice)
Keith Ripley
2008 Lucius Fox
Sloan
N/A
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2007 Carter Chambers
Self
Harry Stevenson
Jack Doyle
Self
God
Self
Self - Guest
2006 Self
'Him'
Self
Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Frank Carden
The Boss
2005 Self - Guest
Neil Armstrong (voice)
Mitch Bradley
Self
Ashford
Narrator (voice)
Lucius Fox
Self
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sam
Narrator (English voice)
Self
Self
2004 Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris
Self
Narrator (voice)
N/A
Self
Walter Crewes
2003 Self
Lt. Redding
Self
God
Col. Abraham Curtis
Miles Evans
2002 Self
Self
Narrator (voice)
DCI William Cabot
Charlie Grimes
2001 Self
Alex Cross
2000 Narrator (voice)
Charlie
Captain Victor Benezet
1999 Self
1998 President Tom Beck
Jim
Self
1997 Theodore Joadson
Alex Cross
Narrator (voice)
Self
N/A
1996 Narrator (voice)
Paul Shannon
Self
Hibble
Edward G. Robinson
Narrator (voice)
1995 Somerset
General Billy Ford
1994 Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Self
1993 Self - Guest
1992 Ned Logan
N/A
N/A
Narrator (Voice)
Geel Piet
1991 Self
Narrator (voice)
Azeem
Self
Narrator (voice)
1990 Judge Leonard White
Frederick Douglass
Narrator
Self
Walter Samson
1989 Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Hoke Colburn
Lt. A.Z. Drones
Principal Joe Clark
1988 Narrator (voice)
N/A
Craig
Dorsey Pratt
1987 Dr. Sherard
Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
1986 Narrator (voice)
Luther Johnson
1985 Warden Pratt
Charlie Woods
Messenger
Tony
Charles Traughber
Ben Shelter
1984 Lewis
Siemanowski
1981 Clarence Collins
Lieutenant Black
Malcolm X
1980 Walter
Hap Richards
1979 Sweet Talk
Self
1978 Self
Uncle Hammer
Uncle Hammer
1975 Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1974 Self / Croupier
Easy Reader
Count Dracula
Police officer
Umpire
1973 Chris
1971 Afro
Count Dracula
Easy Reader
Mad Scientist
Messenger
1970 N/A
1968 Self
Grand Central Commuter
Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
1966 Party Guest (uncredited)
Self
1964 Man on Street (Uncredited)
1953 Self
1952 Self
1951 Clarence
Luther
Narrator (voice)
Joe Mulwray
N/A
Sonny Bell
Self - Narrator (voice)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2014 Director
1993 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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